Chestnut Mountain ski area, Illinois - Skiing and Snowboarding

Chestnut Mountain ski area, Illinois

I learned to ski at Chestnut Mountain, it's really good to go and learn at a local place like this before you go to the Rockies, so you don't waste time on the bunny slope over there. says Lisa Taylor.

Chestnut Mountain is a conventional size ski resort with an average altitude difference if compared to other mid west ski resorts. Chestnut Mountain has lighter snowfall than the local average each ski season. There's 139 acres of terrain, and it's all in tremendous shape. With a 475 foot drop from top to bottom

    it's not the highest hill there is, but Chestnut Mountain has so many other great features. This ski area has a rather small set of slopes and not too many lifts. The 4 feet of wonderful snow that falls here every season doesn’t sound like a load, but it's rather
all right. The 17 ski slopes at this ski area are great. The 4 different ski lifts here will get you up the slope efficiently. Snowboarding and skiing in this part of Illinois is so much fun the whole winter season. The ski run map of Chestnut Mountain on this net page of course says a thousand words. There are loads of lodgings here if you want to spend a night, but do book a room before heading out as it is a very popular destination. This ski mountain has a much lower than average percentage of challenging ski trails

and a much higher than average part of easy slopes. The nearest ski resort featuring a higher drop from top to bottom is 77 miles away. This is a good location for the whole family with lots of beginner and intermediate slopes. Lots of skiers travel up here from Clinton, specially on the weekends. You might be into skiing or snowboarding, or both, doesn't matter, this region has scores of ski mountains.

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QUICK STATS
Vertical drop: 475 feet

Total Runs: 17
- 30% Expert and Advanced
- 40% Intermediate Runs
- 30% Beginner Runs

Total Lifts: 4

Skiing Area: 139 acres
Annual snowfall: 4 feet

Coordinates:
Latitude: 42.318883
Longitude: -90.392535

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Ski Areas Near Chestnut Mountain ski area:

Sundown Mountain, Michigan , 32 miles away
   475 vertical feet
   20 runs - 7 lifts
   10% Expert & Adv.
   50% Intermediate
   40% Beginner

Ski Snowstar, Illinois , 52 miles away
   262 vertical feet
   15 runs - 7 lifts
   30% Expert & Adv.
   60% Intermediate
   10% Beginner

Tyrol Basin, Wisconsin , 56 miles away
   300 vertical feet
   16 runs - 6 lifts
   44% Expert & Adv.
   33% Intermediate
   23% Beginner

Christmas Mountain, Wisconsin , 75 miles away
   250 vertical feet
   7 runs - 3 lifts
   20% Expert & Adv.
   40% Intermediate
   40% Beginner

Devils Head, Wisconsin , 77 miles away
   500 vertical feet
   28 runs - 16 lifts
   30% Expert & Adv.
   40% Intermediate
   30% Beginner

Cascade Mountain, Wisconsin , 86 miles away
   460 vertical feet
   35 runs - 10 lifts
   38% Expert & Adv.
   24% Intermediate
   38% Beginner

Mount La Crosse, Wisconsin , 91 miles away
   516 vertical feet
   18 runs - 4 lifts
   50% Expert & Adv.
   20% Intermediate
   30% Beginner

Nordic Mountain, Wisconsin , 124 miles away
   265 vertical feet
   14 runs - 6 lifts
   30% Expert & Adv.
   50% Intermediate
   20% Beginner

Alpine Valley, Wisconsin , 137 miles away
   388 vertical feet
   20 runs - 14 lifts
   20% Expert & Adv.
   40% Intermediate
   40% Beginner

Highlands of Olympia, Wisconsin , 138 miles away
   205 vertical feet
   5 runs - 3 lifts
   20% Expert & Adv.
   30% Intermediate
   50% Beginner

Whitewater Near Chestnut Mountain ski area:

Little Platte River, Grant County , 23 miles away, Class II(III) - 5.4 miles long (Old Lancaster Road to Stumptown Road)

National Parks Near Chestnut Mountain ski area:

Effigy Mounds National Monument, Harpers Ferry - IA , 69 miles away

Golf Courses Near Chestnut Mountain ski area:

Bellevue Golf Club, Bellevue , 3 miles away

Galena Golf Club, Galena , 5 miles away